[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 148 (Wednesday, August 1, 2012)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 45479-45480]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-18670]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
19 CFR Part 12
[CBP Dec. 12-13]
RIN 1515-AD90
Extension of Import Restrictions on Archaeological Objects and
Ecclesiastical and Ritual Ethnological Materials From Cyprus;
Correction
AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland
Security; Department of the Treasury.
ACTION: Final rule; correction; correcting amendment.
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SUMMARY: On July 13, 2012, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
published in the Federal Register a final rule reflecting an extension
of import restrictions on certain archaeological and ethnological
materials from Cyprus and announcing that the Designated List of
materials covered by the restrictions has been revised. The Designated
List and the regulatory text in that document contain language which is
inadvertently not consistent with the rest of the document as to the
historical period that the import restrictions cover for ecclesiastical
and ritual ethnological materials from Cyprus. This document corrects
the inconsistent language to clarify that ecclesiastical and ritual
ethnological materials from Cyprus representing the Byzantine and Post
Byzantine periods, dating from approximately the 4th century A.D. to
1850 A.D., are subject to the import restrictions.
DATES: Effective Date: The corrections set forth in this document are
effective on August 1, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bill Conrad, Trade and Commercial
Regulations Branch, Regulations and Rulings, Office of International
Trade, (202) 325-0268.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On July 13, 2012, CBP published in the Federal Register (77 FR
41266), as CBP Decision Number 12-13, a final rule reflecting an
extension of import restrictions on certain archaeological and
ethnological materials from Cyprus and announcing that the Designated
List of materials covered by the restrictions (also published with CBP
Dec. 12-13) has been revised to reflect that the ethnological articles
previously covered under the list through the Byzantine period (through
approximately the 15th century A.D.) are also covered if dating through
the Post-Byzantine period (to 1850 A.D.). The Designated List contains
a list of certain archaeological materials and a list of certain
ethnological materials. The revisions were limited to the list of
ethnological materials.
The rule also announced an amendment to the list of ethnological
materials to clarify that certain mosaics of stone and wall paintings
(referred to as ``wall hangings'' in CBP Dec. 12-13) include those
depicting images of Saints along with those depicting images of Christ,
Archangels, and the Apostles. The restrictions were extended for a
five-year period (through July 16, 2017) pursuant to determinations of
the State Department under the terms of the Convention on Cultural
Property Implementation Act in accordance with the United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Convention
on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export
and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property.
In CBP Dec. 12-13, the title of the Designated List was erroneously
abbreviated where the Department of State Web site is listed. This
document corrects the omission and clarifies that the covered
ecclesiastical and ritual ethnological materials are those dating to
the Byzantine and Post-Byzantine periods. In the list of ethnological
materials, CBP inadvertently retained references to the Byzantine
period. As the list was revised to cover listed ethnological materials
if dating to the Post-Byzantine period as well, references to the
Byzantine period in the list are inconsistent and misleading. This
document corrects the oversight and removes all references to the
Byzantine period in the list. In addition, this document corrects the
language in Amendatory Instruction number 2 of CBP Dec. 12-13 which
imprecisely set forth in the amended regulation the end point of the
time period applicable to the ethnological materials covered by the
restrictions. This correction remedies an inconsistency with the time
period which was correctly reflected in the heading of the list of
ethnological materials found on page 41269 of the published document
(in the first column).
Correction of Publication
Accordingly, the publication on July 13, 2012 of the final
regulation (CBP Dec. 12-13), which was the subject of FR Doc. 2012-
16989, is corrected as follows:
Preamble:
1. In the first column on page 41267, in the last paragraph that
extends into the second column, first sentence, remove the words ``and
Ecclesiastical and Ritual Ethnological Materials'' and add in their
place the words ``and Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Period
Ecclesiastical and Ritual Ethnological Materials'';
2. In the first column on page 41269:
a. Under the heading ``B. Lead,'' remove the words ``date to the
Byzantine period and'', and
b. Under the heading ``II. Wood,'' in the first sentence, remove
the words ``during the Byzantine period'';
3. In the second column on page 41269:
a. Under the heading ``V. Textiles--Ritual Garments,'' in the first
sentence, remove the words ``from the Byzantine period'',
b. Under the heading ``A. Wall Mosaics,'' in the first sentence,
remove the words ``Dating to the Byzantine period, wall mosaics'' and
add in their place the words ``Wall mosaics'', and
c. Under the heading ``VII. Frescoes/Wall Paintings,'' in the first
sentence, remove the words ``the Byzantine period''.
Correcting amendment:
Sec. 12.104g(a) [Amended]
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4. In Sec. 12.104g(a), the table of the list of agreements imposing
import
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restrictions on described articles of cultural property of State
Parties is amended in the entry for Cyprus by, in the column headed
``Cultural Property,'' removing the entry and adding in its place the
following entry: ``Archaeological material of pre-Classical and
Classical periods ranging approximately from the 8th millennium B.C. to
330 A.D. and ecclesiastical and ritual ethnological material
representing the Byzantine and Post-Byzantine periods ranging from
approximately the 4th century A.D. to 1850 A.D.''
Dated: July 26, 2012.
Harold M. Singer,
Director, Regulations and Disclosure Law Division, U.S. Customs and
Border Protection.
Heidi Cohen,
Senior Counsel for Regulatory Affairs, Office of the Assistant General
Counsel for General Law, Ethics & Regulation, Department of the
Treasury.
[FR Doc. 2012-18670 Filed 7-31-12; 8:45 am]
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